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3 arrested in early morning Union Ave. drug bust LACONIA — An early morning drug raid by city police yesterday at a Union Avenue apartment building resulted in three arrests and netted about $11,000 in drugs and cash. John Allard, 27, of 180 Union Ave. Apt. 7 was charged with two counts of possession of controlled drugs with intent to distribute. Dannika L. Stevens, 23, of the same address was charged with one count of possession of controlled drugs with intent to distribute. see BUST page 9
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March roars in like a lion For Alyssa Milligan and her two daughters Kayley and Lilly it takes a couple of tries to pack down the freshly fallen snow as they enjoyed a morning of sledding yesterday on the hill above Laocnia’s Memorial Park. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
Gilford cancels tax cap forum planned for audience of seniors
Speaker was to have been school superintendent; some question if his advocacy is allowed by state law By Gail OBer
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GILFORD — Parks and Recreation Department director Herb Greene announced yesterday that he has canceled a Monday forum about the property tax cap article on the 2012
town warrant that was to have feature school Superintendent Kent Hemingway. Greene said the decision came when fellow town employees pointed out that a forum held with only one speaker of the tax cap issue would have not been
appropriate because all sides of the issue could have equal representation. Presumably Hemingway was not going to speak in favor of the initiative. He said the idea of a presentation in front of a townsponsored organization for
senior citizens — called Senior Moment-um — was mentioned to him in passing by Hemingway, who asked him if his department sponsored any programs where he could talk about the issue. see GiLfOrd page 8
Center Harbor residents trying to figure out if they’re overtaxed By Michael Kitch
residents to rummage through data and reach for calculators, sparking a lively debate about whether town government is too big and property taxes are too high. At Town Meeting voters will be asked to spend $1,102,124 LASER CAR WASH to add 3,284-square-feet and Express Deluxe Works $6.00 $8.00 $10.00 renovate 1,940-square-feet of Gilford Mart the Town Hall. Most of the new Rte. 11 Gilford, NH • 524-8014 space would serve to expand
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CENTER HARBOR — The proposal to renovate and expand the Town Hall has prompted
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the Police Department, which currently operates from one 947-square foot room, to quarters of 2,450-square-feet. Public meeting space in the Cary Mead Room would increase by about 50-percent to 947-squarefeet while the Tax Collector and Parks & Recreation Department would be housed in their own offices. Funding for the project would consist of see CENTEr HarBOr page 8